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quentusrex_What is it called when you are missing a X pixel border around the entire screen?05:10
mrandquentusrex_: overscan?05:11
quentusrex_thanks.05:12
=== shiggity is now known as Shiggitay|MythTV
Shiggitay|MythTVhello05:39
Shiggitay|MythTVanyone around?05:39
rhpot1991!ask05:39
ZinnPlease don't ask if anyone is around or if it is alright to ask a question.  Many people check back periodically and may answer your question when they see it.  IRC is not normally an instant fix so check back often for an answer.05:39
Shiggitay|MythTVheh05:39
Shiggitay|MythTVhello rhpot199105:40
Shiggitay|MythTV!ask05:40
ZinnPlease don't ask if anyone is around or if it is alright to ask a question.  Many people check back periodically and may answer your question when they see it.  IRC is not normally an instant fix so check back often for an answer.05:40
Shiggitay|MythTVheh05:40
Shiggitay|MythTVK so here's my issue: I have Mythbuntu (latest) installed into a VM, and I have a GTX 460 1GB GPU. Is it possible for Virtualbox to use the 128 MB of video ram I assigned to the VM natively? Would I need to consult someone from the Virtualbox iRC channel for such a thing?05:42
Shadow__XShiggitay|MythTV: are you referring to using vdpau? if so afaik vdpau needs direct access to the video card at which point that would not work05:43
Shadow__Xat the very least watching video through a vm has not been as fluid as native atleast for me05:43
Shiggitay|MythTVShadow__X, hmm even though I have 3D acceleration on in the VM?05:43
Shiggitay|MythTVI have an i5 2500k, with two of its cores assigned to the VM and it runs pretty well05:44
Shiggitay|MythTVI'd think that it'd be a limitation of VBox not passing the GPU to the VM properly05:44
Shadow__Xthe thing is05:45
Shadow__Xfor vdpau to work you need nvidia drivers05:45
Shiggitay|MythTVI have those installed05:45
Shiggitay|MythTVat least I think I have what I need05:45
Shadow__Xand the vm sees the video card? open up nvidia-settings05:45
Shadow__Xor control panel whatever its called05:46
Shiggitay|MythTVyeah05:46
Shiggitay|MythTVwell05:46
Shiggitay|MythTVit says that I'm not running the Nvidia X driver05:46
Shiggitay|MythTVlemme install that05:46
Shadow__Xmaybe i am not explaining it well enough05:46
Shadow__Xsure a vm will have some acceleration05:47
Shadow__Xbut its not native performance. Also afaik the virtual machine will not have direct access to the video card like it would natively. For a hard drive you can give a vm direct access but for video its a bit different05:47
Shiggitay|MythTVso it's not currently possible?05:48
Shiggitay|MythTV>_>05:48
Shadow__Xfor vdpau afaik it will not work in a vm05:48
Shiggitay|MythTVhmm05:48
Shadow__Xi am by no means an expert but thats just from what i gather05:48
Shadow__Xyou do not need vdpau for mythtv though as you can use the cpu to watch videos05:49
Shadow__Xas a general rule of thumb though it would appear using mythtv within a vm is looked down upon05:49
Shadow__Xif you are running windows there are native builds05:49
Shadow__Xthere are also native builds for osx05:50
Shadow__Xso in all reality there really isnt much of a reason to run mythtv in a vm as there should be a native build for your os05:50
Shiggitay|MythTVyeah but I've heard that the Windows builds are super limited compared to the OS X and Linux ones05:50
Shadow__Xwell i use all three builds05:50
Shiggitay|MythTVhmm05:50
Shiggitay|MythTVwhere can I find the latest Windows build?05:51
Shadow__Xand watching recordings from the end user perspective is all about the same05:51
Shiggitay|MythTVand is a 64 bit version available?05:51
Shadow__Xthe wiki has that info and i am not too sure of there being a 64bit version05:51
Shiggitay|MythTVok05:51
Shadow__Xalso i have to note the windows builds are from a user05:52
Shadow__Xjust thought i would mention that05:52
Shadow__Xhe does not have any affiliation with mythtv05:52
Shiggitay|MythTVShadow__X, yeah I found it06:03
rileypId like to lock cpu freq in lucid no desktop being used09:49
qwebirc89376Hi all, I have a Pinnacle PCTV 110i card, I am not able to configure my mythbuntu to watch live tv10:30
qwebirc89376can somebody help me10:30
qwebirc89376here is the log10:32
qwebirc89376http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/iMD7wYa910:32
Zinn[mythbuntu.pastebin.com] Gathered following logs === Mythfrontend Log === === Mythbackend Log === === My - Pastebin.com10:32
qwebirc89376nobody ?10:34
rileypwhat is issue?10:35
qwebirc89376not able to play live tv10:35
qwebirc89376I guess this what is causing the issue10:37
qwebirc89376format_to_mode() does not recognize V4L110:37
rileypEither the server is down or the master server settings10:37
rileypin mythtv-settings does not contain the proper IP addres10:37
rileypis it a combined be -fe10:37
qwebirc89376the address is 127.0.0.110:37
qwebirc89376yes10:37
rileyptuner added and source and input mapped to source and tuner card10:38
rileypand ch scan performed10:38
rileyp???10:38
qwebirc89376yes10:38
rileypand its worked in past?10:38
qwebirc89376never10:38
qwebirc89376and i am using mythbuntu 11.0410:39
rileypare you running samba or nfs sharing on the recordings dir10:39
qwebirc89376windows media center is working fine10:39
qwebirc89376oops, none10:39
rileypIt appears that your backend may be misconfigured.  Check your backend logs to determine whether your capture cards, lineups, channels, or storage configuration are reporting errors.  This issue is commonly caused by failing10:40
qwebirc89376Do I need samba, even if I am running both frontend and backend on the same machine ?10:40
rileypno you dont10:41
rileypit can cause problems thats why i asked10:41
qwebirc89376hmm10:41
rileypis it a dvbt card10:41
qwebirc89376idlely what should be my storage location ?10:42
rileypis it supported by linux10:42
qwebirc89376its a analogue TV tuner PCI card10:42
qwebirc89376it is Pinnacle PCTV 110i, yes it is supported, I can watch tv using tvtime10:42
rileypstoareg dir must be wrteable by mythtv and readble by others chown mythtv:mythtv recordingsdir10:43
qwebirc89376ok10:43
rileypand chmod 755 recordings dir10:43
qwebirc89376ok, will try that10:44
qwebirc89376can I run those command against my home dir ?10:44
rileyprec dir can be anywhre but perferably not on OS partition in case you fill it up and os will crash and mysql wil fall over and everything goes bad very fast10:44
rileypno else you never be able to put files in it download anything etc as mythtv is owner10:45
rileypnot you10:45
qwebirc89376ok, there one more folder under home dir10:46
qwebirc89376called mythtv10:46
qwebirc89376it has the permission you mentioned, I will try and point my storage to that and see10:46
rileypare u using mythbuntubunu10:47
rileypif so just use /var/lib/mythtv/recordings10:47
qwebirc89376yes10:48
rileypits default and works but beware fill your o/s partition and all hell will break losse10:48
Zinnrileyp: Please watch your language.10:48
qwebirc89376I am using mythbuntu 11.0410:48
qwebirc89376hmm10:51
qwebirc89376now atleast I can go inside watch tv10:51
qwebirc89376but I see only a blank screen10:51
qwebirc89376shall I paste the log ?10:52
qwebirc89376need to reboot my machine, will be back soon10:56
qwebirc89376thanks for all your support10:57
rileypnp10:57
shiggityhello again11:10
=== shiggity is now known as Shiggitay|MythTV
Shiggitay|MythTVI couldn't get the Windows version of MythTV running, so I'll stick with my Mythbuntu VM... but I have another issue:11:11
Shiggitay|MythTVI can't seem to get MythTV to show recordings in the frontend app, but the files are indeed there... I made a custom folder: /home/shiggity/recordings and I ran the backend setup to reflect the change...11:13
rileypusing mythbuntu in a vm lol just jump and never turn back11:15
Shiggitay|MythTV:P it works11:16
Shiggitay|MythTVall I really need it to do is act as a server to record TV11:16
Shiggitay|MythTVI can't get the frontend to populate the files that undoubtfully being created in the dir specified11:16
Shiggitay|MythTVthat are*11:17
Shiggitay|MythTVI can get it to do it sometimes...11:18
Shiggitay|MythTVI dont' have the transcode jobs on11:18
Shiggitay|MythTVas to delay them showing up11:18
Shiggitay|MythTVanyone?11:21
qwebirc8522does anyone able to run use live tv on mythbuntu 11.04 ?11:32
qwebirc8522any help ?11:34
rileypso ur back11:36
rileypso is it a dvbt card11:36
rileypyes no11:37
rileypqwebirc8522,  u ther11:37
rileypThis issue is commonly caused by failing to complete all setup steps properly11:38
rileyp1 add tuner card11:38
rileypcreate video source eg FTA free to air11:39
rileyp3 create input using tuner card and video source FTA and then do a channel scan11:39
rileypafter channel scan is complet attempt to play live tv11:40
rileypor try to record and play back a recording if recordings work and live tv does not you have a special issue11:41
rileyp<qwebirc8522>11:41
rileypqwebirc852211:41
rileypqwebirc852211:41
Shiggitay|MythTVI solved my issue... nvm11:44
rileypShiggitay|MythTV,     http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=65644&page=8111:46
rileypuse this and have eye candy festival at your house11:47
qwebirc8522rileyp:  sorry, was lost on troubleshooting my mythtv setup11:56
qwebirc8522I have been doing everything you just said11:56
qwebirc8522I guess the issue is with the kernel 2.6.3811:57
qwebirc8522which removed support for v4l completely11:57
qwebirc8522when I start a scan I get this error "format_to_mode() does not recognize V4L1"11:58
qwebirc8522can I know what you mythtv setup12:00
rileypqwebirc8522, patebin dmesg12:01
qwebirc8522specially I want to know your machines kernel and mythtv version12:01
rileypplease12:01
qwebirc8522yeah sure12:02
rileypI use lucid12:02
qwebirc8522http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/NfdKKBdC12:02
Zinn[mythbuntu.pastebin.com] Gathered following logs === Mythfrontend Log === === Mythbackend Log === === Myt - Pastebin.com12:02
rileypi see no offer in maverick Im happy with lucy12:02
qwebirc8522there you go12:02
qwebirc8522haa lucid uses older kernel12:02
qwebirc8522I think I will try mythtv with lucid  and see12:03
qwebirc8522can you please share your kernel and mythtv versions please12:03
rileypI eant dmesg not ffrontendlog12:03
rileypwant dmesg not fontendlog12:04
qwebirc8522hmm how to do that ?12:04
qwebirc8522using mythbuntu control centre ?12:04
rileypterminal dmesg12:04
rileypopen a terminal and type dmesg12:04
rileyptricky12:05
qwebirc8522yeah doing12:05
rileypso is it a dvbt card ? I have asked12:05
rileyp3 times now?ts a analogue TV tuner PCI card12:06
rileyp<qwebirc89376> it is Pinnacle PCTV 110i, yes it i its ok sorry12:06
qwebirc8522no, its a analog pci tuner card12:07
qwebirc8522http://pastebin.com/3rtce5Ai12:07
Zinn[pastebin.com] [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset [ 0.000000] Initializing cg - Pastebin.com12:07
rileypso does it do a channel scan?12:07
qwebirc8522where ?12:07
qwebirc8522in mythtv backend ?12:08
qwebirc8522using tvtime I can watch live tv well12:08
qwebirc8522rileyp: you there ?12:10
rileypsaa7133[0]: registered device video1 [v4l2] yes looking at your dmesg12:12
rileypmythfrontend.re[1570] general protection ip:7f86a597ea3e sp:7fff679df080 error:0 in libmythtv-0.24.so.0.24.0[7f86a53c6000+baf000]12:12
qwebirc8522thanks12:13
rileypIve nver used an analogue tuner always dvb12:13
qwebirc8522whats the difference ?12:14
rileypit does say tuner 2 thoug so have you removed the card and replaced it ?12:14
rileypback in again12:14
qwebirc8522no, didn't12:14
rileypwell all mine are digital12:15
qwebirc8522hmmm12:15
qwebirc8522digital cards don't work in india12:16
qwebirc8522were are still in analog trasmission era12:16
qwebirc8522as per television broadcast is concern12:16
rileypdvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. when I read this in dmesg I know my tuner cad is ready to rock and roll12:17
qwebirc8522hmmm12:18
rileypyour is anaolg not dvb not mpeg and coulndt see a device id12:18
qwebirc8522for my card device id should saa7133[0]12:19
qwebirc8522or video112:19
rileypit does say that12:19
rileypdoes it do the cahannel scan?12:20
qwebirc8522can just let me know your kernel and mythtv version12:20
rileypchannel scan?12:20
qwebirc8522yeah, it says it is scanning12:20
qwebirc8522but for every channel the signal strength is 99%12:20
rileypDoes it find any channels or you atatched to stick for antenna12:20
qwebirc8522it is pluged to cable tv12:21
qwebirc8522analog one, without and settop box12:21
rileyptry lucid then but I dont think it wil fix your problem12:21
qwebirc8522hmm12:21
qwebirc8522and wht version of mythtv are you using ?12:22
rileypmyth has worked for me since jaunty all tuners 0.21 tru to 0.24 fixes12:22
rileypact 0.20 through to .24 fixes12:22
qwebirc8522hmm, ok I will switch to lucid and see12:23
qwebirc8522rileyp: thanks for all your support12:23
rileypIve never seen error in dmesg though like yours Id try running update or and dilay build and see what happens before lucy12:23
rileypthat mythbuntu daily builds12:23
rileypits ok12:23
qwebirc8522rileyp: its ok, I will switch to lucid and see12:24
qwebirc8522rileyp: I am most certain, that the issue is with the kernel not supporting v4l v1 any more12:24
qwebirc8522rileyp: and mythtv still uses it12:25
qwebirc8522rileyp: anyway thanks a ton, will be right back again, with lucid install ;)12:25
qwebirc8522rileyp: see ya :)12:26
pladijstrying to configure alsa... but where have the config files gone? Trying to keep alsa from upsampling 44.1->48khz (given that my nos dac works at 44.1).21:31
pladijsis it true what i read here, that alsa configuration tools were removed to encourage pulseaudio? http://wiki.marklesh.com/How-to/Asoundconf21:37
Zinn[wiki.marklesh.com] How-to/Asoundconf - Lesh's BrainDump21:37
pladijsit seems absurd that i need to install non standard stuff just to be able to configure an audio device; especially on this distro, no?21:39

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